"[PDF READ ONLINE] Alfred Portale's Gotham Bar and Grill Cookbook
Home cooks rarely have the chance to learn about cooking firsthand from one of the nation's most revered chefs.But in this cookbook, the first of its kind, Chef Alfred Portale offers his readers the opportunity to do just that.The chef of the Gotham Bar and Grill offers not only recipes, but also a peek into the mind of a chef--sharing a host of suggestions, anecdotes, and advice designed to release the reader from recipe dependence and inspire him or her to think like a chef at home.With Portale at the helm, the Gotham has won praise from the critical world (four consecutive three-star reviews from the New York Times), the public (rated among New York's top five restaurants in the last six Zagat surveys), and the culinary community (Portale was named Best Chef in New York by the James Beard Foundation in 1993).In this book, Portale reveals the secrets that led to this success.More than a hundred dishes, comprised of over two hundred recipes, await the reader.But more than that,
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